• FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster. The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website. By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
  • We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.

Sci Immunol . The inflammatory microenvironment of the lung at the time of infection governs innate control of SARS-CoV-2 replication

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
Sci Immunol


. 2024 Dec 6;9(102):eadp7951.
doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adp7951. Epub 2024 Dec 6. The inflammatory microenvironment of the lung at the time of infection governs innate control of SARS-CoV-2 replication

Paul J Baker[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andrea C Bohrer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ehydel Castro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Eduardo P Amaral[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maryonne Snow-Smith[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Flor Torres-Juárez[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sydnee T Gould[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Artur T L Queiroz[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Eduardo R Fukutani[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Cassandra M Jordan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jaspal S Khillan[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Kyoungin Cho[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Daniel L Barber[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Bruno B Andrade[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Reed F Johnson[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Kerry L Hilligan[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Katrin D Mayer-Barber[SUP] 1 [/SUP]



Affiliations
Abstract

Severity of COVID-19 is affected by multiple factors; however, it is not understood how the inflammatory milieu of the lung at the time of SARS-CoV-2 exposure affects the control of viral replication. Here, we demonstrate that immune events in the mouse lung closely preceding SARS-CoV-2 infection affect viral control and identify innate immune pathways that limit viral replication. Pulmonary inflammatory stimuli including resolved, antecedent respiratory infections with Staphylococcus aureus or influenza, ongoing pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, ovalbumin/alum-induced asthma, or airway administration of TLR ligands and recombinant cytokines all establish an antiviral state in the lung that restricts SARS-CoV-2 replication. In addition to antiviral type I interferons, TNFα and IL-1 potently precondition the lung for enhanced viral control. Our work shows that SARS-CoV-2 may benefit from an immunologically quiescent lung microenvironment and suggests that heterogeneity in pulmonary inflammation preceding SARS-CoV-2 exposure may contribute to variability in disease outcomes.


 
Back
Top Bottom